Soils On A Warmer Earth

Author : H.W. Scharpenseel,M. Schomaker,A. Ayoub
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1990-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080869882

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Soils on a Warmer Earth by H.W. Scharpenseel,M. Schomaker,A. Ayoub Pdf

The theme of this book is a far reaching one and should attract great interest, both in industrialized as well as in less developed countries. Although the question of climate change and its effects on soil productivity is overshadowed by so many current events, it is almost certain that this subject will remain on the international agenda for the years to come; not only as science and research are concerned but also in relation to development policies, agricultural policies and others, especially since poor, rich, developed and developing countries are equally threatened by these problems.

Author : H. W. Scharpenseel,M. Schomaker,A. Ayoub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610452596

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Soils on a warmer earth : effects of expected climate change on soil processes, with emphasis on the tropics and sub-tropics by H. W. Scharpenseel,M. Schomaker,A. Ayoub Pdf

Author : H. W. Scharpenseel,M. Schomaker,A. Ayoub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 0444888381

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Soils on a warmer earth by H. W. Scharpenseel,M. Schomaker,A. Ayoub Pdf

Author : Majeti Narasimha Var Prasad,Marcin Pietrzykowski
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128180334

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Climate Change and Soil Interactions by Majeti Narasimha Var Prasad,Marcin Pietrzykowski Pdf

Climate Change and Soil Interactions examines soil system interactions and conservation strategies regarding the effects of climate change. It presents cutting-edge research in soil carbonization, soil biodiversity, and vegetation. As a resource for strategies in maintaining various interactions for eco-sustainability, topical chapters address microbial response and soil health in relation to climate change, as well as soil improvement practices. Understanding soil systems, including their various physical, chemical, and biological interactions, is imperative for regaining the vitality of soil system under changing climatic conditions. This book will address the impact of changing climatic conditions on various beneficial interactions operational in soil systems and recommend suitable strategies for maintaining such interactions. Climate Change and Soil Interactions enables agricultural, ecological, and environmental researchers to obtain up-to-date, state-of-the-art, and authoritative information regarding the impact of changing climatic conditions on various soil interactions and presents information vital to understanding the growing fields of biodiversity, sustainability, and climate change. Addresses several sustainable development goals proposed by the UN as part of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development Presents a wide variety of relevant information in a unique style corroborated with factual cases, colour images, and case studies from across the globe Recommends suitable strategies for maintaining soil system interactions under changing climatic conditions

Author : Jo Handelsman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300263107

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A World Without Soil by Jo Handelsman Pdf

A scientist’s manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change This book by celebrated biologist Jo Handelsman lays bare the complex connections among climate change, soil erosion, food and water security, and drug discovery. Humans depend on soil for 95 percent of global food production, yet let it erode at unsustainable rates. In the United States, China, and India, vast tracts of farmland will be barren of topsoil within this century. The combination of intensifying erosion caused by climate change and the increasing food needs of a growing world population is creating a desperate need for solutions to this crisis. Writing for a nonspecialist audience, Jo Handelsman celebrates the capacities of soil and explores the soil-related challenges of the near future. She begins by telling soil’s origin story, explains how it erodes and the subsequent repercussions worldwide, and offers solutions. She considers lessons learned from indigenous people who have sustainably farmed the same land for thousands of years, practices developed for large-scale agriculture, and proposals using technology and policy initiatives.

Author : Judith D. Schwartz
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603584333

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Cows Save the Planet by Judith D. Schwartz Pdf

In Cows Save the Planet, journalist Judith D. Schwartz looks at soil as a crucible for our many overlapping environmental, economic, and social crises. Schwartz reveals that for many of these problems—climate change, desertification, biodiversity loss, droughts, floods, wildfires, rural poverty, malnutrition, and obesity—there are positive, alternative scenarios to the degradation and devastation we face. In each case, our ability to turn these crises into opportunities depends on how we treat the soil. Drawing on the work of thinkers and doers, renegade scientists and institutional whistleblowers from around the world, Schwartz challenges much of the conventional thinking about global warming and other problems. For example, land can suffer from undergrazing as well as overgrazing, since certain landscapes, such as grasslands, require the disturbance from livestock to thrive. Regarding climate, when we focus on carbon dioxide, we neglect the central role of water in soil—"green water"—in temperature regulation. And much of the carbon dioxide that burdens the atmosphere is not the result of fuel emissions, but from agriculture; returning carbon to the soil not only reduces carbon dioxide levels but also enhances soil fertility. Cows Save the Planet is at once a primer on soil's pivotal role in our ecology and economy, a call to action, and an antidote to the despair that environmental news so often leaves us with.

Author : Claudia Holmes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 1634827740

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Climate Change Effects on Soils by Claudia Holmes Pdf

Climate change has and will significantly affect soil properties. Biotic processes that consume atmospheric CO2 and create organic carbon (C) that is either reprocessed to CO2 or stored in soils, are the subject of active current investigations with great concern over the influence of climate change. In addition, abiotic C cycling and its influence on the inorganic C pool in soils is a fundamental global process in which acidic atmospheric CO2 participates in the weathering of carbonate and silicate minerals, ultimately delivering bicarbonate and Ca2+ or other cations that precipitate in the form of carbonates in soils or are transported to the rivers, lakes, and oceans. Soil responses to climate change will be complex, and there are many uncertainties and unresolved issues. The objective of this book is to initiate and further stimulate a discussion about some important and challenging aspects of climate-change effects on soils, such as accelerated weathering of soil minerals and resulting C and elemental fluxes in and out of soils, soil/geo-engineering methods used to increase C sequestration in soils, soil organic matter (SOM) protection, transformation and mineralization, and SOM temperature sensitivity. This book reports recent discoveries and identifies key research needs required to understand the effects of climate change on soils.

Author : Jacqueline E. Mohan
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128134931

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Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming by Jacqueline E. Mohan Pdf

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry focuses on biotic and biogeochemical responses to warmer soils including plant and microbial evolution. It covers various field settings, such as arctic tundra; alpine meadows; temperate, tropical and subalpine forests; drylands; and grassland ecosystems. Information integrates multiple natural science disciplines, providing a holistic, integrative approach that will help readers understand and forecast future planetwide responses to soil warming. Students and educators will find this book informative for understanding biotic and biogeochemical responses to changing climatic conditions. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including soil scientists, ecologists, geneticists, as well as molecular, evolutionary and conservation biologists, will find this book a valuable resource in understanding and planning for warmer climate conditions. Emphasizes biological components of soils, plants and microbes that provide linkages to physics and chemistry Brings together chapters written by global scientific experts with interests in communication and education Includes coverage of polar, alpine, tropical, temperate and dryland ecosystems

Author : Richard Bardgett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191645648

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Earth Matters by Richard Bardgett Pdf

For much of history, soil has played a major, and often central, role in the lives of humans. Entire societies have risen, and collapsed, through the management or mismanagement of soil; farmers and gardeners worldwide nurture their soil to provide their plants with water, nutrients, and protection from pests and diseases; major battles have been aborted or stalled by the condition of soil; murder trials have been solved with evidence from the soil; and, for most of us, our ultimate fate is the soil. In this book Richard Bardgett discusses soil and the many, and sometimes surprising, ways that humanity has depended on it throughout history, and still does today. Analysing the role soil plays in our own lives, despite increasing urbanization, and in the biogeochemical cycles that allow the planet to function effectively, Bardgett considers how superior soil management could combat global issues such as climate change, food shortages, and the extinction of species. Looking to the future, Bardgett argues that it is vital for the future of humanity for governments worldwide to halt soil degradation, and to put in place policies for the future sustainable management of soils.

Author : Boris Boincean,David Dent
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030225339

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Farming the Black Earth by Boris Boincean,David Dent Pdf

This book deals with the sustainability of agriculture on the Black Earth by drawing on data from long-term field experiments. It emphasises the opportunities for greater food and water security at local and regional levels. The Black Earth, Chernozem in Russian, is the best arable soil in the world and the breadbasket of Europe and North America. It was the focus of scientific study at the very beginnings of soil science in the late 19th century—as a world in itself, created by the roots of the steppe grasses building a water-stable granular structure that holds plentiful water, allows rapid infiltration of rain and snow melt, and free drainage of any surplus. Under the onslaught of industrial farming, Chernozem have undergone profound but largely unnoticed changes with far-reaching consequences—to the point that agriculture on Chernozem is no longer sustainable. The effects of agricultural practices on global warming, the diversion of rainfall away from replenishment of water resources to destructive runoff, and the pollution of streams and groundwater are all pressing issues. Sustainability absolutely requires that these consequences be arrested.

Author : Allen Hunt,Markus Egli,Boris Faybishenko
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119563969

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Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering, and Soil Formation by Allen Hunt,Markus Egli,Boris Faybishenko Pdf

Explores soil as a nexus for water, chemicals, and biologically coupled nutrient cycling Soil is a narrow but critically important zone on Earth's surface. It is the interface for water and carbon recycling from above and part of the cycling of sediment and rock from below. Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering, and Soil Formation places chemical weathering and soil formation in its geological, climatological, biological and hydrological perspective. Volume highlights include: The evolution of soils over 3.25 billion years Basic processes contributing to soil formation How chemical weathering and soil formation relate to water and energy fluxes The role of pedogenesis in geomorphology Relationships between climate soils and biota Soils, aeolian deposits, and crusts as geologic dating tools Impacts of land-use change on soils The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Find out more about this book from this Q&A with the Editors

Author : Rosa Margesin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540693710

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Permafrost Soils by Rosa Margesin Pdf

Most of the Earth’s biosphere is characterized by low temperatures. Vast areas (>20%) of the soil ecosystem are permanently frozen or are unfrozen for only a few weeks in summer. Permafrost regions occur at high latitudes and also at high ele- tions; a significant part of the global permafrost area is represented by mountains. Permafrost soils are of global interest, since a significant increase in temperature is predicted for polar regions. Global warming will have a great impact on these soils, especially in northern regions, since they contain large amounts of organic carbon and act as carbon sinks, and a temperature increase will result in a release of carbon into the atmosphere. Additionally, the intensified release of the clima- relevant tracer gas methane represents a potential environmental harzard. Significant numbers of viable microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, p- totrophic cyanobacteria and green algae, fungi and protozoa, are present in per- frost, and the characteristics of these microorganisms reflect the unique and extreme conditions of the permafrost environment. Remarkably, these microorg- isms have been reported to be metabolically active at subzero temperatures, even down to ?20°C.

Author : John Kimble
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783662064290

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Cryosols by John Kimble Pdf

Cryosols – permafrost – occupy a unique part of the earth and have properties greatly different from other soils. They also occur where the greatest impact of global warming is predicted. This is the first book bring together the leading researchers in the area of permafrost soils to produce a review of the geography, cryogenic soil forming processes, ecological processes, classification and use of soils that are affected by permafrost.

Author : Kristin Ohlson
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781609615543

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The Soil Will Save Us by Kristin Ohlson Pdf

Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices—and, especially, modern industrial agriculture—have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world’s soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet. In The Soil Will Save Us, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for "our great green hope"—a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon—and potentially reverse global warming. As the granddaughter of farmers and the daughter of avid gardeners, Ohlson has long had an appreciation for the soil. A chance conversation with a local chef led her to the crossroads of science, farming, food, and environmentalism and the discovery of the only significant way to remove carbon dioxide from the air—an ecological approach that tends not only to plants and animals but also to the vast population of underground microorganisms that fix carbon in the soil. Ohlson introduces the visionaries—scientists, farmers, ranchers, and landscapers—who are figuring out in the lab and on the ground how to build healthy soil, which solves myriad problems: drought, erosion, air and water pollution, and food quality, as well as climate change. Her discoveries and vivid storytelling will revolutionize the way we think about our food, our landscapes, our plants, and our relationship to Earth.

Author : Daniel Hillel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520080807

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Out of the Earth by Daniel Hillel Pdf

A moving tribute to the physical and spiritual properties of nature's richestelement by one of the world's leading soil conservationists.